Ofc extreme is faster... stock settings are higher. also temp is higher... with auto settings on fan the original bios goes up to 76 C , extreme went up to 78°C.

Think i am gonna run the extreme on stock for a while. see how it holds in regular gaming

I appreciate you doing that and for posting a brief guide on how to flash the BIOS using Zotac's tool. I will be sure to update the OP soon with all of this valuable information after I complete my own flash. It looks like UPS is doing some weird stuff with my package (it was an hour away from me and now it is halfway across the country again?) So hopefully I have my new card in hand by early next week. Also just a tip here, if you own Battlefield 3 or Battlefield 4 I would recommend playing those games to test the stability of your card with the new BIOS at stock settings.

During my time spent modifying AMD BIOS files I found that even though a card may appear "stable" in benchmarks and some games, the Frostbite engine that DICE uses would always expose flaws and cause crashing if the card was even slightly unstable. This allowed me to really lock in some rock stable clocks on my cards without needing to ever use any OC programs or editors since everything was just baked into the BIOS itself.

I appreciate you doing that and for posting a brief guide on how to flash the BIOS using Zotac's tool. I will be sure to update the OP soon with all of this valuable information after I complete my own flash. It looks like UPS is doing some weird stuff with my package (it was an hour away from me and now it is halfway across the country again?) So hopefully I have my new card in hand by early next week. Also just a tip here, if you own Battlefield 3 or Battlefield 4 I would recommend playing those games to test the stability of your card with the new BIOS at stock settings.

During my time spent modifying AMD BIOS files I found that even though a card may appear "stable" in benchmarks and some games, the Frostbite engine that DICE uses would always expose flaws and cause crashing if the card was even slightly unstable. This allowed me to really lock in some rock stable clocks on my cards without needing to ever use any OC programs or editors since everything was just baked into the BIOS itself.

- Insan1tyOne

Yeah, the guide is really brief... but it really is as easy as that.. just tryit when your card gets there...

Lol, had same thing once when ordering vape gear from US (i live in EU) Went from Florida to New York, to LA, to Chicago and then to Netherlands... really laughed my ass off when that happend.

Was planning on getting back into BF4 tonight... So will do enjoy the weekend and hope you get your card soon

My card is only stable 1974-1987 mhz due to temp throttling. If it stays below 50c then I'll actually get 2012MHz.

Locked at 1.093v +25mhz using evga xoc

Be sure to test the new BIOS on the card at complete stock settings first. (e.g. No OC programs open, etc.) This way you will get to know the baseline performance and temps. of your card with the new BIOS first before you attempt to OC it further.

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Originally Posted by Reefer

In BF4, my card stays around 2035Mhz with the Extreme bios.

Temp around 71C so that is not bad... This is at stock Extreme settings.

Tomorrow i am gonna try to up the Core voltage to 100% and the Power Limit to 120%.

FPS @ 1440p all maxed around 150-160 which is weird because i have G-sync enabled

That sounds like pretty great performance in BF4 to me. And stabilizing at 2035 Mhz boost @ 71C also sounds pretty good for stock settings as well. And the card did not exhibit any oddities while you were playing? If not, then I would say it is most likely stable with the Extreme BIOS applied. I will be curious to see what your overclocking results are. Although since the Extreme BIOS already has a much higher target / limit voltage than the normal BIOS, maybe you should try overclocking first without raising any of the voltages or power limits? Either way, good luck!

Be sure to test the new BIOS on the card at complete stock settings first. (e.g. No OC programs open, etc.) This way you will get to know the baseline performance and temps. of your card with the new BIOS first before you attempt to OC it further.
That sounds like pretty great performance in BF4 to me. And stabilizing at 2035 Mhz boost @ 71C also sounds pretty good for stock settings as well. And the card did not exhibit any oddities while you were playing? If not, then I would say it is most likely stable with the Extreme BIOS applied. I will be curious to see what your overclocking results are. Although since the Extreme BIOS already has a much higher target / limit voltage than the normal BIOS, maybe you should try overclocking first without raising any of the voltages or power limits? Either way, good luck!

- Insan1tyOne

Well, the problem is my card only stable 2012MHz under 50c, so I downclock the card after flash new bios.

I have a Amp Extreme its stock 2088mhz out of the box which is amazing but when i move voltage slider it doesnt do anything for some reason anyone know a reason for that? i have a 1070 Amp Extreme and the voltage would adjust normally too 1090mv. But the 1080 will only sit at 1060mv tops. Anyone know anything about why that might be would be amazing help. Or a different bios i need to flash!

The difference between the two would have been much larger if you tested each BIOS at stock settings. However, even at the exact same clocks the Extreme edition BIOS is netting you an extra 107 points so that isn't all bad! Something just seems off though, I don't understand why your card downclocks so much when other users cards do not downclock even when they are sitting at 70C or greater. I was always under the impression that serious downclocking only occurs after 85C. But maybe the silicon lottery really did just strike again?

All in all though a score of 5636 on a single GTX 1080 is pretty good! The highest score I can even find for a single 1080 on Firestrike Ultra is 6143, so I would say that your card isn't all that bad!

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Originally Posted by Wickedtt

I have a Amp Extreme its stock 2088mhz out of the box which is amazing but when i move voltage slider it doesnt do anything for some reason anyone know a reason for that? i have a 1070 Amp Extreme and the voltage would adjust normally too 1090mv. But the 1080 will only sit at 1060mv tops. Anyone know anything about why that might be would be amazing help. Or a different bios i need to flash!

The AMP! Extreme cards already have a relatively high voltage target / limit set in the BIOS, I have read multiple places that there are several (hardware) voltage limiters put in place on Pascal cards that will not allow you to increase the voltage past a certain point. That is why a lot of review sites said that the Pascal architecture has a "cement ceiling" overclocking limit. It could just be that the Extreme edition cards have already been pre-configured to have their voltages set to that "ceiling" by default in the BIOS.

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